You take the human being and you twist it all about So scrub my skin with women Chain my tongue with whisky Stuff my nose with garlic Coat my eyes with butter Fill my ears with silver Stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam.
ADRIAN MITCHELLPoetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
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Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.
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Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative.
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Blake sang his Songs of Innocence and Experience to parties of friends.
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When I am sad and wearyWhen I think all hope has goneWhen I walk along High HolbornI think of you with nothing on
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I don’t like writing essays or theory.
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Lovers lie around in itBroken glass is found in itGrassI like that stuff.
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I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music.
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I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It’s my way of talking to the world.
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There have always been poets who performed.
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You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out.
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I was run over by the truth one day.Ever since the accident I’ve walked this way.
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I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock’n roll.
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Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.
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And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured.
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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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